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Characteristics of five mentally deficient patients being considered for discharge from Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland, December, 1958.

Creator

Moreno, Yvonne Marie, Hayes, Dorothy D., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

"The purpose of this study was to describe to a limited degree the characteristics of five patients of the Rosewood State Training School under consideration for discharge from the institution through the Community Adjustment Unit during December, 1958. It was believed that a case study of five patients would reveal some of the observable factors which may have influenced these five patients being ready for discharge. In addition, the five case illustrations descriptively present the function... Show more"The purpose of this study was to describe to a limited degree the characteristics of five patients of the Rosewood State Training School under consideration for discharge from the institution through the Community Adjustment Unit during December, 1958. It was believed that a case study of five patients would reveal some of the observable factors which may have influenced these five patients being ready for discharge. In addition, the five case illustrations descriptively present the function and procedures of one unit of the Social Services Department, Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland"--Introduction. Show less

Date Issued

1959

Identifier

FSU_ahn3799

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Thesis

Title

Disposition of forty mentally retarded patients presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff from March through October 1959, Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland.

Creator

Moutsopoulou, Maria C., Foeckler, Merle M., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

"The purpose of this study was to survey the cases of forty mentally retarded patients who have been presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff of the Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland, from March through October 1959, in order to describe the differences--if any--on 18 selected items between the 28 retarded patients approved and the 12 disapproved for eventual return to the community. It was anticipated that such an analysis might more... Show more"The purpose of this study was to survey the cases of forty mentally retarded patients who have been presented by the Pre-parole Service to the Social Service Planning Staff of the Rosewood State Training School, Owings Mills, Maryland, from March through October 1959, in order to describe the differences--if any--on 18 selected items between the 28 retarded patients approved and the 12 disapproved for eventual return to the community. It was anticipated that such an analysis might more clearly define the term 'readiness for parole'"--Introduction. Show less